City-dwellers throw 4m poly bags everyday

News Report
In an attempt to create awareness about the hazardous
impact of plastic bags and different types of
plastics, a campaign was held at Dhaka University
(DU) campus on Saturday.
With the slogan “Dhaka is our home, keep our home
clean”, the campaign started at 10am from Raju
Memorial Sculpture and ended at Teacher-Student
Center (TSC) at 2pm with the initiative of a non-
government organisation called ‘AGROHO’.
Teachers of Department of Development Studies, DU,
students of different departments, AGROHO members and
some street children participated in the event.
The participants of the campaign removed various
types of discarded plastic materials and polythene
bags from the premises of Fine Arts Faculty,
Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhaka University Library, Arts
Building, Shaheed Minar and Curzon Hall, said a press
release.
While addressing the programme, Professor Dr Abu
Eusuf of Department of Development Studies said by
appreciating the noble initiative that will
contribute towards sensitizing citizens on the
adverse effect of using plastic.
“Only raising awareness among the people on the usage
of plastic, especially polythene bags, can save the
country from the devastating threat of environment
pollution,” he added.
Prof Dr Tiabur Rahman of Department of Development
Studies said collaborative effort is needed to fight
against plastic pollution.
Dalia Rahman, chairperson of AGROHO, said the city-
dwellers threw around 14 million polythene bags
everyday in the city which are causing blockage the
entire sewerage systems resulting in water logging
during the rainy season.
“This is high time we resisted plastic pollution and
it should be started from the grassroot levels,” she
said.